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July 24, 2012

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 07.25.12

NATA Gets a New President…

Aspen Avionics Wants to get you Connected…

While Avconnect and Cessna take you to the Cloud…

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Lycoming Updates Airventure 2012

UL91 Approved In Europe for Many Engines And Aircraft

Lycoming said at AirVenture Monday that the company is making substantial progress on certification of the series 233 Light Sport aircraft, and that ASTM certification to 2200 hours was complete. Michael Kraft, Senior Vice President and General Manager Lycoming Engines, said the most noteworthy feature is the Dual CDI spark ignition.

Will Be Integrated At The Top Of The Center Stack In A Custom Bracket

ICON Aircraft announced recently that its A5 light sport amphibian will use the Garmin aera 796 as its standard GPS system. The large-format touchscreen unit is Garmin’s flagship portable and was introduced to critical acclaim in September of 2011. The unit will be integrated at the top of the A5’s center stack with a plug-and-play custom-designed bracket, and will be removable for use outside the aircraft.

And A Business Opportunity For The Right Person

In the ultra-light area we’ve always been impressed with the Legal Eagle, a small inexpensive, single-seat, single engine aircraft the owner routinely flies several hundred miles to AirVenture each year. However, in the shadow of that aircraft we discovered what appeared to be an enclosed Legal Eagle. Upon closer examination, it turns out to be a one-off aircraft that started out as a Legal Eagle and morphed into something entirely different.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 07.24.12

The US House Passes and the President Will Be Asked to Sign the Pilot’s Bill of Rights…

The Chinese pavilion opens at Oshkosh…

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Champion Aircraft Unveils Their Xtreme Decathlon At AirVenture

A New Engine And Design Improvements Take The Decathlon Acro-Trainer To A New Level

By Anthony Liberatore Monday morning at EAA's AirVenture, Jerry Melhaff Jr., vice president of engineering for American Champion Aircraft, officially unveiled the Xtreme Decathlon to the Oshkosh press corps. Melhaff said the effort is designed to take their popular Decathlon aircraft to the next level, and the firewall forward work dovetails well with work Champion Aircraft had previously done on their Denali Scout.

Nothing Like The Original: The RV-1 Is Handed Over To EAA

A Piece Of Kitplane Aviation History Becomes Part Of EAA's Museum Collection

On Monday afternoon at Phillips 66 Plaza, The RV-1 designed and built by Dick VanGrunsven, which was the basis for the entire line of RV series of aircraft designs, was dedicated in a ceremony in front of hundreds of RV fans that assembled in the hot Wisconsin sun to see it transferred to its new home . . . the EAA AirVenture Museum.